TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you’ve had a heart attack, your doctor likely told you to take a low-dose aspirin daily to stave off a second heart attack or stroke, but most people don’t follow through with this advice over the long-ter...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women having surgery for pelvic organ prolapse are often prescribed vaginal estrogen to boost the odds of a successful procedure. Now a clinical trial shows it doesn't actually work.Pelvic organ prolapse is a...
MARTES, 22 de agosto de 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A Patricia Guevara le encanta las actividades con su hija de cinco años, Miranda, especialmente pintar y dibujar, con paseos ocasionales por el parque.Sus vidas se volvieron más activas...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women may soon have a vaccine they can take during a pregnancy to help protect their newborn from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), following U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the shot, called Ab...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis affects 15% of the global population over age 30, so by 2050 that could be nearly 1 billion people, researchers say. Living longer and obesity are both major cont...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Misinformation about health and medicine is rampant in the United States, with far too many Americans being presented false claims and left wondering what to believe, a new survey reports.At least 4 in 10 peo...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Too much screen time can lead to developmental delays in babies, researchers say.When 1-year-olds viewed screens for more than four hours a day, they had delays in communication and problem-solving skills whe...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People can help reduce their odds of developing atrial fibrillation or stroke through one piece of standard medical advice: stay fit.According to a new study in 15,000 people, physical fitness was found to ha...
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- British researchers may have found a way to diagnose Parkinson’s disease several years sooner.Researchers at University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital say that eye scans may be able to detect sign...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients report that a ketogenic diet (KD) improves multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms, according to a study published in the August issue of Clinical Nutrition.Emma Wetmore, from University of Virginia in Charl...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, nine months of treatment with targeted-release formulation of budesonide (Nefecon) yields a greater reduction in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaping cannabidiol (CBD) is common among U.S. teens, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network Open.Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and colle...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Paternal depression is associated with a higher risk for depression in offspring, according to a review published online Aug. 16 in JAMA Network Open.Berihun Dachew, Ph.D., from the enAble Institute at Curtin ...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- There has been another case of locally acquired malaria in the United States, this time in Maryland, authorities report.This case is the first locally acquired case -- not related to travel -- in Maryland in m...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 patients face a markedly greater risk for developing persistently high blood pressure, even if they never had blood pressure concerns before, new research indicates.The rise in risk seen among otherwi...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Los atracones de bebida y el consumo de marihuana han alcanzado niveles históricamente altos entre los adultos de EE. UU. de 35 a 50 años, anunciaron el jueves los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NI...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Algún día, quizá se reparen los dientes dañados con "empastes vivos" creados a partir de células madre, informa un nuevo estudio. En el laboratorio, los investigadores indujeron a células madre para qu...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El deseo de los adolescentes de comenzar a fumar, y luego de seguir fumando, podría estar vinculado con diferencias en la materia gris de sus cerebros, revela un nuevo estudio. Los investigadores encon...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Una nueva variante de la COVID con muy pocos casos conocidos, pero muchas mutaciones, se introdujo rápidamente en la clasificación de "variante bajo vigilancia" de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Las personas que usan pantallas de forma intensa con frecuencia compran gafas que filtran la luz azul para proteger sus ojos, pero tal vez esté tirando el dinero, sugiere un nuevo estudio. Una nueva re...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El príncipe del siglo XV que inspiró a Drácula, el vampiro de la literatura, quizá haya tenido problemas médicos que hicieran que llorara lágrimas de sangre, según unos investigadores que exploran este...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- El cerebro es un órgano complejo, y un nuevo estudio, que se cree que es el más grande de la historia sobre la genética del cerebro, identifica más de 4,000 variantes genéticas vinculadas con la estruc...
VIERNES, 18 de agosto de 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Más de 1 de cada 10 pacientes que acaban en la UCI con una emergencia cardiaca potencialmente letal arrojan resultados positivos de uso de una droga recreativa, informa un nuevo estudio francés. Alrede...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with COVID-19, the incidence of new-onset persistent hypertension is higher than among those with influenza, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in Hypertension.Vincent Zhang, from the A...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- In 2021, firearms continued to be a leading cause of death among U.S. children, with a 41.6 percent increase in the firearm death rate from 2018 to 2021, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in Pediat...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) continuing warfarin or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) beyond six months, the risk for recurrent VTE is lower with DOACs, according to a study published online...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Following native tissue transvaginal prolapse repair, perioperative vaginal estrogen does not reduce prolapse recurrence, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medi...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Use of augmented reality (AR) reduces preoperative anxiety but does not affect postoperative anxiety, pain levels, or narcotic use when compared with a standard education packet, according to a study published...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of primary care physician (PCP) vision testing is about 30 percent for children aged 3 to 17 years and is lower for uninsured and publicly insured children, according to a research letter published on...
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Breastfeeding for at least six months may reduce some maternal cardiovascular risk factors in women three years postpartum, according to a study published online July 19 in the International Breastfeeding Jour...